Speaker: Usman Shakeel, AWS Level: 200 Anyone can create and publish augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and 3D applications quickly and easily with Amazon Sumerian. Learn how to use Sumerian to build a scene that can be published and viewed on laptops, mobile phones, VR headsets, and digital signage. Take a tour of the Sumerian interface, and learn how to build a scene, add assets and hosts, and add behaviors to create dynamically animated objects and characters in an AR/VR experience. Also see how Sumerian integrates into AWS services such as Amazon Polly, Amazon Lex, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, and Amazon DynamoDB.

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Usman Shakeel
WW Tech Lead for M&E at AWS
Creating and Publishing AR and VR
Apps with Amazon Sumerian

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The new form of story telling with Sea Monster

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Seamonster Slides here

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Let’s Deep Dive…
An understanding of VR/AR Development Pipeline
Browser Standards
The Spectrum of Realities
What!? More than Gaming?
Sumerian Overview
AWS Services Integration
Sumerian Character System: Hosts and Development
Pipeline

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Developer
has idea
Download &
Install 3D
Engine
Install device
SDK
Register on
platform
Install
platform
SDK
Develop
application
Submit for
Approval
Publish
Application
Customer
finds app on
store
Customer
hits
purchase
button
Customer
waits for
download
Customer
uses
application
Application Pipeline

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Simplify

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Focus

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Let’s change how we communicate
Real
Environment
Mixed
Reality
Augmented
Virtuality
Virtual
Environment
Augmented
Reality

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What’s the business need?
Enterprises who:
• Have limited resources
• Learning 3D development
• Have web & mobile skills and prefer
• Tools and content
• Easy to share across platforms
• Parallel to that of AWS needs

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What’s the goal of Sumerian?
How do we bring a Z-axis to the Internet…
• Using nothing more than the browser
• Designed for the web/mobile developer
• Build once, deploy anywhere model
• Incorporating the power of AWS AI services
• From a position of trust

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Sumerian Hosts
Voice is a natural medium for immersive
experiences using AWS services
Lex
Polly
Rekognition

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Sumerian Hosts
Personification adds a human element
to AWS AI services by incorporating
additive animations for:
• Tracking
• Speaking
• Expressing emotion

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Development Pipeline & Costs

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Development Pipeline & Costs

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Development Pipeline & Costs

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Development Pipeline & Costs

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Development Pipeline & Costs

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Development Pipeline & Costs

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Development Pipeline & Costs
concept artist modeler technical artist animator engineer engineer
Total cost for an interactive character ~$80,000

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